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Artists, Intellectuals, and World War II: The Pontigny Encounters at Mount Holyoke College, 1942-1944
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Paperback. During the summers of 1942-1944, leading European figures in the arts and sciences met with their American counterparts for urgent conversations about the future of human civilization in a precarious world in meetings named as "Pontigny" sessions. This collection of essays assesses the impact and contemporary significance of Pontigny-en-Amerique. Editor(s): Benfey, Christopher E.G.; Remmler, Karen. Num Pages: 352 pages, 26 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJH; HBJK; HBLW; JFCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 156 x 20. Weight in Grams: 513.
Sixty years ago, at the height of World War II, an extraordinary series of gatherings took place at Mount Holyoke College in western Massachusetts. During the summers of 1942-1944, leading European figures in the arts and sciences met at the college with their American counterparts for urgent conversations about the future of human civilization in a precarious world. Two Sorbonne professors, the distinguished medievalist Gustave Cohen and the existentialist philosopher Jean Wahl, organized these ""Pontigny"" sessions, named after an abbey in Burgundy, where similar symposia had been held in the decades before the war. Among the participants - many of ... Read more
Sixty years ago, at the height of World War II, an extraordinary series of gatherings took place at Mount Holyoke College in western Massachusetts. During the summers of 1942-1944, leading European figures in the arts and sciences met at the college with their American counterparts for urgent conversations about the future of human civilization in a precarious world. Two Sorbonne professors, the distinguished medievalist Gustave Cohen and the existentialist philosopher Jean Wahl, organized these ""Pontigny"" sessions, named after an abbey in Burgundy, where similar symposia had been held in the decades before the war. Among the participants - many of ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
University of Massachusetts Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
352
Place of Publication
Massachusetts, United States
ISBN
9781558495319
SKU
V9781558495319
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CHRISTOPHER BENFEY is Mellon Professor of English and KAREN REMMLER is professor of German studies at Mount Holyoke College.
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